Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-03
lnasRsoLL CAPTURED.
An Untold story of tho Wsr-.The Giea
Infidel in the Enemy's Hnnds.

An Untold Stery OF tho Wsr--The Gi eat
Infidel I'm the Enemy's Hands.
Washington correspondence: II serv-
ed in Col. Bob. Iugersoli's command, -
said veteran ut the panorama OF Bull
Run, this morning. "snd whenever want
to have good laugh, recall to my
mind the incidents connected with bis
capture III Tennessee. | have seen some
where cruel paragraph to the effect that
the colopel surrendered very willingly,
and want to brand the falsehood for
Just what it is. A brRver man / never
saw in five years service. We were scat
tered over a good deal OF territory, sur.
rounding o little village, at the time the
colonel was taken and cared for by the
Johnnles; we were in skirmish at the
time, and the colonel was trying to get
to . demoralizsd wing of his command.
As he was passing through q series OF
cattle pens he Was surrounded by lot
Of confederates and commanded to
surrender. But he didn't do it worth
cent. He was not go stout then as
now, and as n pedestrian he
was no alouch. The bull
let's we're flying about him thick as hail.
III he could get to another branch OF his
command he felt thst he could rally the
boys and win tho fight. A number
OF his men saw that he was in imminent
peril, and that II he didn't surrender he
would be killed, and yelled as him, at
| the top OF their voices, to stop and sur
render. He needed, but / could zee
that he did SO with regret and disgust.
Here ID where the humor began. When
the colonel stopped he threw up his
hands and cried out: aStop firing.
I'll acknowledge your d--d old confed-
erAcy." The colonel was taken over to
q store for safe keeping, and he proved
to be 9 great curiosity. People hocked
around him, listened to his stories,
laughed, and declared they were heyine
more fun than they ever had in their
lives. That night the. colonel sat
around the store until O goodly
anmber Of the rebels came in, and
then ne began to treat and tell yarns.
Finally the crowd oyeraowed the place
and blocked the entrance 80 it. Then
the nolonei went outside. The boys
were all feeling we'll under the potency
OF words and drinks; every man, woman
and child within the sound OF his voice
loved him. Directly the colonel was
sssea sse make !. speech. Th::s Y ss =hs.
he was working for, and minute later
he was addressing the crowd; and it was
a right rough crowd, too. No
lecture that grea. orator has ever
delivered had SO much that was good in
it. Il fairly bubbled over with the milk
of human kindness. he pictured how
iregretfuily the north took up arms
against tho south reminding his hearers
that they had fised the frst shot in the
assault upon Fort Humpter. Then he
went off on slavery, placing the whites
before him in the unfortunate light oil
the blaoks-a people with souls and all
the instincts OF the whites,
bat dpwntrodden for no other
reason than they were black
He PICTURED the rsvsgeR of eternity,
when those who had held human souls
in bondage were called before the judg-
ment throne to be passed upon for deeds
done in the flesh. 1t was touching sp
peal and brought out streams Of t0arl
and storms of applause from the very
men who had but few hours befor,
shot at and captured him. At . raomen
when the most pathetic touches wers
being given his remarks, General Forrest
the confederate oavalryman, whose com
mand had made the capture, rushed in.
to the crowd, all agIow with excitement
but not anger, and excisimed: Here,
iIngersoii, stop that speech, and I'll ex.
change you for government muleP
i IL was but short time until Qolone
Ingersoll was paroled. He had demora
lized the whole of that command, ant
would have had il revolving against 1T
commander had be been given th
leverage for two or three days which wa
accorded him the first day."